Friday 7th May proved to be a successful day for Conservative Julian
Brazier who learnt that he had been elected to represent Canterbury and
Whitstable for the sixth time in a row!
During the build-up to this year's election the Conservative party
seemed to have been the favourites all along. Yet, unlike elections in
previous years, this one has appeared to excite the nation as politics has
never done before. With people from all ages and backgrounds showing up a
their local polling stations to vote for their new leader, the overall
result turned out to be a very close count, with the winning party not
being very far ahead of their opposing team Labour.
However, the county of Kent seemed to be telling a different story with
the Conservative party striding ahead in terms of votes. In Canterbury
alone the Tories managed a whopping 22,050 votes, with Labour only
managing 6048 falling rapidly from their 7,471 they achieved back in 2005.
This is a familiar tale for the city, seeing as the Conservatives have
remained at the top ever since it was created almost 148 years ago, with
Julian Brazier holding the seat from 1987 right up until the most recent
election last week. The 56-year-old-father-of-three commented "I'd like to
thank the people of Canterbury and Whitstable for having the confidence in
me to give me another term. It is a huge privilege to represent them."
This clear win doesn't exactly seem to be ruining the spirits of the
other major parties who are remaining optimistic about their chances in
the future. Mr Voizey, Canterbury's representative for the Liberal
Democrats, stated, "In a democracy the great thing is knowing there
will always be a next time."
Labour's Jean Samuel put forward a far more determined message
"I absolutely guarantee that Labour will make a come back-we
will work on our local elections next May and capitalise on that
foundation...we'll be back!" This is a pretty confident
promise considering they only managed third place in the city this time
round.
For the meantime, we'll just have to count on the Conservatives In
Canterbury. Lets hope they keep up the good work!
By Nicole Muller
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